Jon mo.] MAKINO.—OBSERV. ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 129 



ear-lanceolate, about 4mm. long; basal-auricles very short, trunc- 

 ate or shortly bifid, those of the inner ones subulato-deltoid. 

 Corolla dilute violaceous but pallid below. Upper petals ob- 

 long-oblanceolate, narrowed below, angulato-obtuse at the apex, 

 about 13mm. long, 4Jmm. broad; lateral petals scarcely longer 

 than the upper ones, narrowly oblong, obtuse, barbulate with 

 white pubes in, jthe lower portion internally, with about 2 

 deep-blue striae towards the base within, 15mm long, 5Jmm. 

 broad ; the lower petal slightly shorter than the rest, oblong, 

 rounded-obtuse, concave, striate with deep purplish-blue nerves 

 (lateral ones branched outwards) in the lower half portion inter- 

 nally, about 10mm. long, 5mm. broad : spur short, straight, 

 white, ellipsoid-cylindrical, subcarinate on the inner side, truncate 

 and retuse at the top, 2|mm. long. Anthers 3Jmm. long in- 

 cluding the connective-tip, oval-elliptical with narrowly oblong 

 anther-cells, light yellow, about l|mm. long ; connective-tip 

 erect, connivent, deltoid-ovate, acute or subobtuse, scarcely 

 shorter than the anther-cells ; appendages short, falcato-subulate 

 with a minute obtuse tip, compressed, greenish, about 2mm. 

 long. Ovary ovoid-ellipsoid, trigonous, glabrous, viridescent, 

 about lfmm. long ; style longer than the ovary, geniculate at 

 the base, clavato-filiform, about 2Jmm. long ; stigma slightly 

 curved, shortly beaked, minutely punctate. Flowers in May. 



Nom. Jap. Tade-sumire. 



Hab. Prov. Shinano (K. Kurashima ! May 1910) ; Prov. 

 Musashi : Tokyo, cultivated from the province of Shinano (T. 

 Makinol 1910.) 



Allium fistulosum Linn. Sp. PI. p. 301. 



var. giganteum Makino, var. nov. 



Robust, attaining about §m. or more in height. Bulb 

 solitary, ovoid-cylindrical, about 20cm. long, 5cm. in diameter, 

 rooting at the base ; roots long, white. Leaves stout, sub- 

 ventricoso-fistulose, often semiterete-cylindrical, shortly acumi- 

 nate and often flattish at the apex, loosely substriate, green 

 but often subglauco-aeruginose. Scape erect, stout, exceeding 

 the leaves in height, cylindrical, fistulose but narrowed and solid 



